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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2001-11-15 20:33:10 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2001-11-15 20:33:10 (GMT)
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Group dict[ionary] news together; and use dict() instead of
dictionary().
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@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ Type/class unification and new-style classes
- The new builtin dictionary() constructor, and dictionary type, have
been renamed to dict. This reflects a decade of common usage.
+- dict() now accepts an iterable object producing 2-sequences. For
+ example, dict(d.items()) == d for any dictionary d. The argument,
+ and the elements of the argument, can be any iterable objects.
+
- New-style classes can now have a __del__ method, which is called
when the instance is deleted (just like for classic classes).
@@ -25,11 +29,6 @@ Type/class unification and new-style classes
instances of new-style classes that have a __dict__ (unless the base
class forbids it).
-- dictionary() now accepts an iterable object producing 2-sequences.
- For example, dictionary(d.items()) == d for any dictionary d. The
- argument, and the elements of the argument, can be any iterable
- objects.
-
- Methods of built-in types now properly check for keyword arguments
(formerly these were silently ignored). The only built-in methods
that take keyword arguments are __call__, __init__ and __new__.